Sightings (16)

Spotted around the media universe

Slake is Still Alive and Kicking - Posted April 3, 2013
With founding editors Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly landing jobs at the LA Times and the Santa Barbara start-up Mission and State respectively, the fate of their LA-literary magazine Slake seemed to be in ... [FishbowlLA]

THR Adds London-Based International Business Editor - Posted March 29, 2012
Here is about as plum an assignment as imaginable within the quadrangle of Hollywood trades. Beginning April 10, current Hollywood Reporter New York bureau chief and business editor Georg Szalai... [FishbowlLA]

Jonathan Gold-Watch Gets Dramatic** - Posted February 20, 2012
This single most juicy question on the minds of media watchers in LA right now is undoubtedly whether Jonathan Gold is really heading to the LA Times. Over the weekend LA Observed reported that even though Gold had a signed deal with the LA Times, Village Voice Media owner ... [FishbowlLA]

Slake Writer Pens 'Notable American Essay' - Posted November 30, 2011
Erica Zora Wrightson's essay "Artichoke," published in the debut issue of Slake, was just named a 2011 "Notable Essay" in this year's edition of The Best American Essays.
Says Slake editor ... [FishbowlLA]

SoCal Struggles at AltWeekly Awards - Posted July 25, 2011
For the first time this Fishie can remember the LA Weekly picked up only one first place award at the annual AltWeekly Awards. The paper cleaned house at the awards for years under Laurie Ochoa. But this year only ... [FishbowlLA]

This Weekend at LAFF: Drive Premiere and Attempts at Schmoozing - Posted June 20, 2011
Drive made its much-hyped debut over the weekend at the LA Film Festival and this Fishie was on site to check out premiere. (Unfortunately, he's not much of a photographer, so the above LA Times interview will have to suffice for visual imagery in lieu of his horrible, poorly lit photos.)... [FishbowlLA]

Slake Launch Party Draws Ginormous Crowd - Posted January 24, 2011
Local literary journal Slake celebrated the publication on its second issue with a bash at the Track 16 art gallery in Santa Monica. Well over 700 partygoers showed for the shindig, which included readings by Slake contributors Rachel Resnick, James Greer, ... [FishbowlLA]

Slake Throws A Damn Good Party - Posted July 26, 2010
In celebration of their premiere issue, the Slake literary journal threw a party at Track 16 on Thursday night, complete with readings, music, an art show, a taco truck, and most importantly - PIE. Beautiful women served up generous slices of apple pie in a vintage 1929 dining car to the... [FishbowlLA]

Former Publisher On The Firing Of LA Weekly Editor - Posted June 9, 2009
Michael Sigman was publisher of the LA Weekly from 1990-2002. It was Sigman who originally hired Laurie Ochoa in 2001, and in a piece on today's Huffington Post he reminisces about his time at the paper and questions the current ... [FishbowlLA]

Editor-In-Chief Laurie Ochoa Leaving LA Weekly - Posted June 1, 2009
BREAKING: Just got the lousy news that editor-in-chief Laurie Ochoa is leaving the LA Weekly. No idea if she was fired or finally just lost patience with the tomfoolery of the paper's owners. Release is below:
For Immediate Release: LA Weekly, Editor to Part Ways
The LA Weekly is announcing that Editor in... [FishbowlLA]

LA Weekly's Laurie Ochoa 's Letter to LA Observed - Posted September 27, 2007
LA Weekly EIC Laurie Ochoa's email to Kevin Roderick:
Kevin,
I know it makes juicier blog posts to tie everything that happens at the LA Weekly to some kind of Mike Lacey conspiracy against the very paper he owns, but Monday's item about the Weekly's new office location being Lacey's revenge on the... [FishbowlLA]